Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28 October 2026 · Applies to FootyMate on both iOS and Android.

This Privacy Policy describes how the FootyMate application ("the App", "we", "us") handles information when you use it on your iOS or Android device. FootyMate is made by Kanyanta Mubanga, who is responsible for the data described here. By using the App you agree to this policy.

Overview

The App does not require you to create an account, does not ask for your name, email address or other contact details, and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites. To understand how the App is used and improve it, it sends a small set of usage events to FootyMate's own server. Those events are tied to a random install ID, not to who you are. Everything else the App stores stays on your device.

Information We Collect

A random install ID, created when you first open the App. It isn't your name, your email address, your Apple Account or your Google Account. FootyMate uses it to tell one install's activity and purchases apart from another's, but doesn't know who you are. It is the same ID RevenueCat uses for your subscription (see below).
When you open the App, at most once a day.
That you finished setting up, and which league and club you chose.
Your answer to "How did you hear about FootyMate?", if you answer it.
The first time you set a match reminder or add a match to your calendar.
When you see the Premium screen, and which feature led you there.
Whether you started, completed, cancelled or failed a purchase or restore, which plan it was, and whether your subscription is a trial, active, lapsed or none. Payment details stay with Apple or Google; FootyMate never sees them.
If you installed FootyMate from an advert or a campaign link: on iPhone and iPad, the Apple Ads campaign, ad group and keyword IDs Apple reports; on Android, the source, medium and campaign names of the Google Play link. Neither identifies you.
With every event: the App version, your App Store or Google Play country (for example, GB), and the time it happened.

We use this information only to see which features people use, where new users come from, and whether the Premium screen helps or gets in the way, so the App can be improved.

Information We Do Not Collect

No names, email addresses, phone numbers, or account credentials
No location data
No contacts, camera, microphone, or photo library access
No advertising identifier, and nothing used for advertising or tracking you across other companies' apps or websites
No IP addresses stored: FootyMate's server is set up not to keep them, or the browser and device details that come with each request
No crash reporting telemetry sent to any third party
Nothing sold, and nothing shared with data brokers

Information Stored Locally on Your Device

The following preferences and data are stored on your device using your platform's standard local storage: app preferences, and a local database (Realm on iOS, Room on Android). They stay on your device, except for the items listed under Information We Collect.

Team preference: the league and club you select during onboarding
Notification settings: whether reminders are enabled and your preferred reminder times
Calendar preferences: your calendar-sync settings and alert timing
App settings: theme mode, haptic feedback toggle, onboarding status
Cached football data: match fixtures, standings, lineups, and statistics (public sports data, no personal information)
Usage events waiting to be sent: if the App can't reach FootyMate's server, it keeps them for up to 7 days, then deletes them

The FootyMate home-screen widget reads this local data only. It collects nothing.

Device Permissions

The App requests only the permissions it needs to function:

Calendar: FootyMate can add match fixtures to your device's calendar. You are prompted before this permission is granted, and you may revoke it at any time in iOS Settings or in Android Settings under Apps → FootyMate → Permissions.
Notifications: FootyMate can send local match-reminder notifications. You are prompted before this permission is granted (on Android, from version 13 onwards), and you may revoke it at any time in your device settings. All notifications are generated on-device — no data is sent to a server to deliver them.

No other permission is asked of you. Beyond calendar and notifications, the App declares only the ordinary permissions it needs to run — network access, and on Android the ability to schedule an alarm for a reminder and to restore scheduled reminders after the device restarts. None of these grant access to personal information.

On Android, the App also switches off Android's automatic cloud backup, so your FootyMate data is not copied into your Google Account.

Where Information Goes

FootyMate's server (Cloudflare)
Usage events are sent to FootyMate's own server at api.footymate.kanyantamubanga.com, which runs on Cloudflare. Cloudflare processes the data on our behalf. Events are deleted after 400 days. Football data requests also go through this server: each one names only the App version (for example, ios/2.0.3) and the league, club or match being asked about. It carries no install ID.

API-Football (api-sports.io)
FootyMate's servers fetch publicly available football data (fixtures, standings, lineups, statistics) from API-Football. Those requests come from our servers, not from your device, and contain no personal information. League and club badges load directly from API-Football's media hosting, which, like any web server, sees your device's network address. Please review API-Football's privacy policy for details on how they handle requests.

RevenueCat
The App uses RevenueCat to manage in-app subscriptions and validate purchase entitlements through the App Store or Google Play. RevenueCat receives the install ID and your subscription status from Apple StoreKit or Google Play Billing. It also stores your chosen league and club, your "How did you hear about FootyMate?" answer and any advert or campaign details as attributes of that install ID. It does not receive your Apple Account or Google Account details, your name, or your payment details. RevenueCat processes this data on our behalf. Please review RevenueCat's privacy policy at revenuecat.com/privacy for full details.

Apple Ads (iPhone and iPad only)
To learn whether an install came from an Apple Ads advert, the App asks Apple's AdServices framework for an attribution token and sends it to Apple, which answers with the campaign details listed above. Apple provides this without identifying you, and it needs no tracking permission.

Google Play Install Referrer (Android only)
The App reads the campaign details of the Google Play link that led to the install, if there was one, once.

Google Search (iPhone and iPad only)
On iOS, tapping a player's name on the lineup screen opens a Google Search results page for that player inside the App, in a standard in-app web view. Only the player's name is sent as the search term. That page is Google's, not ours: while it is open, Google receives the request the same way it would in a browser, and Google's privacy policy applies to it. Nothing about you is attached to the search by FootyMate, and closing the view ends the session. The Android version of the App does not include this feature.

Apple and Google
In-app purchases are processed entirely by Apple or by Google Play Billing, depending on your platform. FootyMate does not see or store your payment information. Apple's and Google's own privacy policies (Apple, Google) apply to those transactions and to the distribution and installation of the App.

Deleting Your Data

On your device: you can erase all locally stored App data at any time through Settings → Reset App Data inside FootyMate. This removes all preferences, cached football data, scheduled notifications, and the FootyMate calendar from your device. Uninstalling the App also removes it, and on Android you can clear it from Settings → Apps → FootyMate → Storage.

On FootyMate's server: email reachkanyanta@gmail.com to ask for your usage events to be deleted. If you've made a purchase, include its order ID from your Apple or Google Play receipt: it lets us find your install and delete its events. Without a purchase, nothing links the random install ID to you, so we can't tell which data is yours. Either way, events are deleted automatically after 400 days.

Children's Privacy

The App is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Your Rights (EEA / UK)

If you are based in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR, including the right to access, correct, or erase personal data we hold about you, and to object to how we use it. The usage events tied to your install ID count as personal data. We process them on the basis of our legitimate interest in understanding how the App is used and improving it. To exercise your rights, email us as described under Deleting Your Data; where we can't link an install to you, the law does not require us to. Cloudflare and RevenueCat may process data outside the EEA and UK under the safeguards they provide, such as standard contractual clauses. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, the "Last updated" date at the top of this page will change. Continued use of the App after any update constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at reachkanyanta@gmail.com.